Jamestown Power Point Student Presentations

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Jamestown Power Point Student Presentations
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Objective
Students will understand the historical
significance of the Jamestown colony.
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Task Description

• Students will work with partners to research and
  present information covering at least five
  elements of the Jamestown colony the charter,
  settlement, problems, leadership, and relations
  with American Indians. In the presentation,
  students should include
• A title slide
• Various informational slides
• Pictures
• Bibliography page

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Task Description (cont.)

• Work together to create a clever and original
  Power Point presentation that includes at least
  NINE slides.
• Prepare a presentation of their PowerPoint for
  the class.
• Print out and hand in an outline of their slides.
• Fill out the rubrics on other group presentations
  as a peer assessment.
• Hand in their completed rubrics for the other
  presentations.

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Presentation Enhancements

• You may enhance your presentation by adding
• Movies with your own commentary
• Mock interviews or reenactments
• Sound
• Related music

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Title Page

• List the title and the members of your group here
  on this page.

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Introduction

• May include pictures and catchy phrases.
  Anything to grab the audiences attention!

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Charter

• You should include the following information
• Purpose of the colony
• Details of the charter granted by the King of
  England.

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Settlement

• This slide should include the following
  information
• Reasons for the location of the site.
• Other early decisions made by the colony.
• Source of food

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Problems

• This slide should include information about the
  following
• The Starving Time
• Other difficulties faced by the colonists

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Leadership

• This slide should focus on the following
• Early leaders of the colony
• Rules for the colony
• John Smiths role in the colony

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American Indians

• This slide should include information on the
  following
• American Indian tribes encountered.
• The relationship between these tribes and the
  colony.
• The impact the colony had on the tribes.

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Conclusion

• Provide a summary of key areas of your research.
• Make it succinct- short and to the point.

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Sources Used

• Bibliography- provide the audience with the
  resources you used when researching your topic.
• DO NOT TAKE OTHER PEOPLES WORDS AND MAKE THEM
  YOUR OWN WITHOUT GIVING THEM CREDIT!
• IT IS AGAINST THE LAW!

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RUBRIC